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To: wagglebee

What's a 'US oil tanker?' American flagged? How many of those are there, six? American owned? American crewed?


12 posted on 10/01/2006 4:37:02 PM PDT by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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To: dhuffman@awod.com
What's a 'US oil tanker?'

Otherwise known as "That which provides Iran with what little income they do have"

14 posted on 10/01/2006 4:40:47 PM PDT by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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To: dhuffman@awod.com

Due to tax considerations and the cost of merchant seamen, I doubt that any are American flagged or have an American crew (aside from senior officers); however, many are American owned.


15 posted on 10/01/2006 4:43:56 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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